Ca. 100-200 AD An ancient Roman cast bronze brooch modelled in the shape of a fish. The brooch features a recessed body. The brooch probably represents a freshwater fish with a high dorsal fin. Fish brooches with this design are thought to be British in origin. For a comparable see: Richard Hattatt, Ancient Brooches, fig. 221 (1198) and another with similar shape is #E07-0501 in Murawski, “Artifacts of England & the United Kingdom. Size: L:79.9mm / W:20.4mm ; 11.55g Provenance: Private UK collection; from an old London collection formed in the 1980s.